
Evolution: Making Sense of Life (2nd Edition)
Manuel optionnel - ancienne édition
Auteurs : Carl Zimmer, Douglas J. Emlen
Éditeur : WH Freeman
Date de parution : juillet 2015
ISBN : 9781936221554
Résumé :
Students will learn the fundamental concepts of evolutionary theory, such as natural selection, genetic drift, phylogeny, and coevolution. The book also drives home the relevance of evolution for disciplines ranging from conservation biology to medicine. With riveting stories about evolutionary biologists at work everywhere from the Arctic to tropical rainforests to hospital wards, the book is a reading adventure designed to grab the imagination of students, showing them exactly why it is that evolution makes such brilliant sense of life.